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Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: There is a roll-over.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: Every year, €18,000 will come off that until the debt is cleared.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: I must be honest that I am not happy with the fact that the company contracted a mast on RCÉ's property.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: I do not think Mr. Nyhan did that lease. Thank God for that. I want to come back to the issue of the CEO. There is no point in beating around the bush. The elephant in the room is that there have been a number of rolling CEOs and nobody lasts for very long. It is an industry that is just like Horse Racing Ireland, HRI, when it comes in here, in that the whole industry is based on...

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: I accept that, but what I am asking is why Mr. Nyhan did not think to ask her why she was leaving.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: That was a kind of an exit interview, even if it was probably only a chat. Is the reality that she had no issue and that the job she was taking was paying more or the RCÉ was not her cup of tea?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: I know that, but Mr. Nyhan is the common denominator between the two. How is he going to know whether he will make the same mistake again when he does the next interview?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: If it happens again this time next year, I will categorise it for him.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: No, but there has been quite a number over a ten-year period. It is a concern for me when people in the sector say that it is an issue. What they frequently say is that they need somebody with experience of the sector as the CEO.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: My concern is we have one who lasts. My point is whether Mr. Nyhan takes on board that there should be someone with sectoral experience in the role. Before I became a politician, I came from a very difficult sector. It is a role that I can say here and now that nobody understands if they are not in the sector. I refer to road transport. One could not come in as a CEO with a business...

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: I know that but if we consider the number of reports that were carried out under Mr. Dollard's tenure, he might look at that differently. I am not trying to be difficult.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: I do not mean it that way. What I mean is that difficulties arose in that period.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: That was before my time so I will not comment. Regarding one thing that I thought was very favourable to RCÉ, how did the pilot programme it ran relating to a subsidy for kennels go? Was it subscribed to, oversubscribed or undersubscribed?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: For the benefit of the committee, Mr. Fitzgerald might give us a flavour of what it was about.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: Maintenance.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: Does Mr. Fitzgerald have a figure as to how many subscribed?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: Was that a once-off or does Greyhound Racing Ireland intend to run it again?

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: From a welfare perspective, it probably is something that should be continued but with inspection levels that warrant-----

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am afraid I have to leave as I have speaking time in the Dáil.

Public Accounts Committee: Greyhound Racing Ireland: Financial Statements 2021 (10 Nov 2022)

Verona Murphy: I am afraid so. We look forward to the new CEO next year.